MESSENE RELIEF, CRATERUS' DONATION AT DELPHI AND THE LION HUNTING CONOGRAPHY
This article analyzes the so-called Messene relief, seeking to connect its iconography with the description of a hunt between Alexander the Great and Craterus recorded by Plutarch. It will be argued that the relief may have been commissioned by Craterus’ son during the first decades of the 3r...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | deu |
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Universitat Jaume I
2021-01-01
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Series: | Potestas. Estudios del Mundo Clásico e Historia del Arte |
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Online Access: | http://www.e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/potestas/article/view/5486/6277 |
Summary: | This article analyzes the so-called Messene relief, seeking to connect its iconography with the description of a hunt between Alexander the Great and Craterus recorded by Plutarch. It will be argued that the relief may have been commissioned by Craterus’ son during the first decades of the 3rd century BC, in order to legitimize his position as regent in Greece. |
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ISSN: | 1888-9867 2340-499X |